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In Today's Edition

👉 NEED TO KNOW TODAY 👈

Dancing With the Stars: Olympian Ilona Maher competes for gold — er, the silver Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy — in the DWTS finale tonight.

MLR: The Chicago Hounds have introduced a promotion allowing fans to purchase season tickets for the 2025 MLR season and lock in that price for life, regardless of "future price increases."

RFU: Rugby fans in England are upset with the RFU following reports that CEO Bill Sweeney received a bonus despite staff layoffs and record losses.

📰 HEADLINES 📰

COLLEGE RUGBY

Men's D1 Rankings: Two Moves in the Top 10 (RugbyHawk)

  • Top 10:
    1. St. Mary's
    2. Navy
    3. Brown
    4. Lindenwood
    5. Life
    6. California
    7. Kentucky (+1)
    8. Army (1)
    9. BYU (-1)
    10. Sam Houston State  
  • Other Notable Moves:
    • Wheeling rose 14 spots to 21st place after their big win over Notre Dame.

MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY

RFCLA: USA Eagle and Sevens Star Christian Dyer Joins RFCLA (RFCLA)

  • Takeaway: USA international wing Christian Dyer, who scored 19 tries in 45 games with the Houston SaberCats, is returning to his home state of California after signing with RFCLA.  

🏉 QUICK HITS 🏉

British & Irish Lions: A Lions XV for the autumn, according to the data (BBC Sport)

England: Borthwick's new England are stuck in a time warp with few signs of change (The Guardian)

Global Youth 7s: Global Youth 7s Welcomes USA U18s (The Rugby Breakdown)

Poll Question

Do you think the USA Women's U18 Sevens will win the Global Youth Sevens tournament?

Yes
No

Yesterday's Poll Answer

Do you think as many as five nations will represent the Americas at Rugby World Cup 2027?

36% of respondents voted that as many as five nations will represent the Americas at Rugby World Cup 2027.